economics & business
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Kinn completes “dream” internship with Dallas Cowboys
Andrew Kinn experienced a “dream job” with the Dallas Cowboys while still a student, thanks to his two-month Cornell Fellowship with the team. The experience helped launch his career in sports management after college.
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Alum gives $100,000 for leadership program
An alum from the 1960s has pledged $100,000 to Cornell College to fund a program designed to teach students what it takes to lead.
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Students studying business abroad
Professor Todd Knoop led a block-long course in Uruguay where students studied growth, the factors that make countries rich or poor, and how business is conducted outside the U.S.
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Economics of the Dallas Cowboys and The Internship Experience in the Sports Industry
Eric Sudol ’03 is a sales and marketing executive with the Dallas Cowboys football franchise and previously worked with the Memphis Grizzlies professional basketball franchise.
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Berry Center’s Lunch and Learn Series Feb 2011
The Berry Center will host a series of Lunch and Learn sessions second semester, with each session providing valuable information regarding potential career paths.
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Economist to speak on regulation
Sam Peltzman, a leading authority on the economics of government regulation, will give a talk titled “Financial Crisis: Does Government Regulation Help or Hurt?” on Wednesday, Nov. 10 at 3:30 p.m. in the Hedges Conference Room in The Commons.
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Social Entrepreneurship and BPlansForHumanity with David Burgess
David Burgess, an expert on social entrepreneurship, will discuss the use of virtual teams and web-based collaboration to create social change locally and around the world on Oct 13th.
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Berry Center’s Lunch and Learn Series
This semester the Berry Center will host a series of Lunch and Learn sessions, that explore careers in media policy and advocacy, business, banking, the corporate world, and environmental policy.
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Alum featured for his work with vice president Biden
David Lienemann ’05, was featured in The (Cedar Rapids) Gazette on Sunday for his work as official photographer for Vice President Joe Biden.
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Lisa Lefebure Brown ’07
Lisa Lefebure Brown ’07 is working as a large transaction credit analyst with Great America Leasing in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Brown graduated from Cornell with an Economics and Business major and an American Politics minor. Her career in finance was set in motion by several extraordinary experiences at Cornell College
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Students celebrate "ringing" success
In March, students in Visiting Professor David Burgess entrepreneurship class rang the College Hall bell 17 times to celebrate the creation of business plans they’ve implemented or plan to implement soon.
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Economist to speak at Berry Center March 16
Robert Frank, a world-renowned behavioral economist, author and teacher, will speak at 7 p.m. on March 16 at Cornell College.
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Cornell economics professor updates book on recessions
MOUNT VERNON – Cornell College Professor of Economics and Business Todd Knoop has released an extensively updated second edition of his book “Recessions and Depressions: Understanding Business Cycles.”
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What’s your story?: Ryan Walden ’10
A friend’s mistake might just be the very inspiration Cornell senior Ryan Walden needed to jump start his first business venture. Still a semester from graduation, Walden—an Edina, Minn., native—is on the verge of fully establishing his own company and, if all goes well, a product that could save lives and keep drunk drivers off […]
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TGen Accounting Intern
A two-month accounting internship during the summer of 2009 offered Mara Oda a wealth of important learning experiences, some extending beyond the confines of her technical work.